Legal and ethical issues
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Legal and ethical decision-making is highly relevant to many patients suffering acute and chronic neurological illness and brain injury. The Mental Capacity Act 2005 has provided a robust framework on which to support difficult decision-making. Advance directives have enabled individuals to take control of their lives to some small degree; however, research, genetic testing, and disclosure continue to cause anxiety for people and healthcare professionals. Decision-making around end of life care, withdrawal of care, and palliative care is a particularly complex, emotive, and challenging area of nursing practice.
2021 ◽
Vol 18
(19)
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pp. 10030
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2020 ◽
Vol 11
(1)
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pp. 31-43
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2018 ◽
Vol 62
(1)
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pp. 192-196